Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

65-8 BCE, Roman Lyric Poet, Satirist

Acceptance
Better to accept whatever happens.
Odes
Adversity
Adversity reveals genius; prosperity conceals it.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Autonomy / Control
Who, then, is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004